208 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



phous, cordate or peltate, coarsely-toothed, palmately nerved, 

 glabrous above, white tomentose beneath ; blade 10-40in. by 

 6-12 in. ; petioles 5 in. long, stout. Flowers axillary, very large, 

 and fragrant. Sepals linear brown tomentose without, paler 

 within, 6 by 5in. Petals white, shorter than the sepals. Stami- 

 nodes club-shaped, stouter and longer than the filamented 

 anthers. Staminal- column glabrous, l-5in. long, filaments 

 slender. Gynopbore longer than the staminal-column. Ovary 

 5-angled, densely brown -tomentose ; style long, stout with a 

 club-shaped stigma ; ovarian cells many-ovuled. Capsule 4-6 

 in. long, 5 angled ; 5-celled. Seeds numerous, winged ; albumen 

 mucilaginous, scanty ; cotyledons thin, folded. (Talbot. P. 149, 

 Vol. I, Forest Flora, Bombay Presidency and Sind, 1909). 



Parts used : — The leaves, bark, and flowers. 



Uses : —The clown on the leaves is used to stop bleeding 

 in wounds (Gamble). The flowers are used as a general tonic 

 (T. N. Mukerji). 



184. Pentapetes phcenieea, Linn, h.f.b.i., 

 1. 371., Roxh. 157. 



San. : — Raktaka, Bandhuka, bandhujiva, arka-vallabha, 

 pushpa rakta. 



Vern. : — Kat-lala, Doopahuria (B.) ; Guidu. Paria (Pb.) 

 Bare baha (Santal) ; Tambdi dupari (Mar.) ; Nag-pu (Tarn.) ; 

 Dopahariya, dopohoria (H.j ; Bare baha 'Santal); 



Habitat : — Throughout the hotter parts of India. 



Annual herbs, branched, 2-5 ft., glabrous, or with a few 

 scattered stellate hairs. Leaves 3-5 in., 1-nerved, crenate-ser- 

 rate, petiole lin. Stipules subulate. Peduncle simple, axillary, 

 as long as or longer than the petiole, 1-2-flowered, jointed near 

 the flower. Bracteoles half the length of the Calyx. Flowers 

 red, opening at noon and closing at the following dawn. Hence 

 in Bombay it is called Dupari or Madhuk. (See A collection of 

 Marathi Poems, Navanita, page 406, 4th edition, Bombay). 

 Sepals 5, stellate-hairy, with a few bristles, lanceolate. Petals 5, 



